Lectures

Dear readers from outside the class:
If you find these
lectures useful, please consider making a small donation (maybe $25 or
thereabouts, although any amount is appreciated)
to the Georgia Tech Foundation earmarked to go towards
my synthesizer research; the funds will go towards parts and equipment
for student projects.
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Session 1: 40 Years of Music Synthesis, Day 1 (Moog/Buchla up to DX7)
(video)

References

We will draw material from numerous sources: book, articles, patents,
and particularly schematics and descriptions posted on websites. Think of
google as the main class text. Here's some
good ones:

Hal Chamberlin, Musical Applications of Microprocessors, 2nd
Edition, Hayden, 1982; if you
get just one book, this is THE book to get. Although it has
"microprocessors" in the title, it has a superb section on analog circuits.
NOS (New Old Stock - meaning old, but unused) copies are available for
purchase from Jeff Dec ($50 + shipping); e-mail
jdec@mindspring.com

Barry Klein, Electronic Music Circuits, SAM, 1982. Long out
of print, but photocopies can be purchased directly from
barry.l.klein@wdc.com